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  How to Register to Vote
 
   Where to Register to Vote (Separate Website)
This page of the Georgia Secretary of State's web site gives you the address for the place that you must register to vote - the Board of Registrars - for each county in Georgia. First, you select a county from the drop-down menu, then click "Submit" to obtain the address and telephone number of the Board of Registrars for your county.
By: Georgia Secretary of State
  
   
   Register to Vote (Separate Website)
This website guides you through the voting registration process.
By: United States Election Assistance Committee

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   Voting Information (Separate Website)
From this page of the Georgia Secretary of State web site you can get: the dates for the 2003 Elections, a list of voter qualifications, how and where to register to vote, voter registration forms, where to vote (Poll Locator), information on redistricting, voting procedures, how to vote when you are going to be out of town the day of the election (absentee voting), and how to be an involved voter.
By: Georgia Secretary of State
  
   
   Voting and Elections (Separate Website)
This page contains basic information about elections and voting, including information about How to Contact Elected Officials, the Electoral College, History of Voting Rights, Legislation and Reform, Registering to Vote, Volunteering and Contributions and much more.
By: FirstGov.gov
  
   
   Voter Registration for Homeless People This link opens in a new window. (Separate Website)
This fact sheet explains how homeless people can register to vote in federal or state elections. This document does not give legal advice. If you want to challenge election laws or practices in your state, you should talk to a lawyer or contact the National Law Center for further information.
By: National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
  
   
   Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Disabled (Separate Website)
The Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984 generally requires polling places across the United States to be physically accessible to people with disabilities for federal elections.
By: U.S. Department of Justice
  
   
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  Voting Rights Information
 
   Additional Constitutional Protections: Voting, Privacy, Bearing Arms
This document provides a brief overview of certain additional rights under the US Constitution, answering the following questions: What constitutional rights are there besides those in the First Amendment? Is there a right to bear arms? Is there a right to privacy? Is there a right to vote? What do some of the amendments in the Bill of Rights say? The document is excerpted from An Introduction to Law in Georgia, Fourth Edition, published by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, 1998 (updated 2004).
By: Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia

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   Getting Uncle Sam to Enforce Your Civil Rights (Separate Website)
If you believe that you have been discriminated against and want to file a complaint with the Federal Government, this resource describes where and when to file your complaint.
By: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

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  Where to Vote
 
   Find Your Polling Place (Where to Vote) (Separate Website)
Use the Secretary of State's Poll Locator to find the place where you can vote by typing in your name, the county where you live and your date of birth. The web site will pull up your voter registration information, tell you where you can go to vote, identify the State and Federal districts where you live, and provide links to the Federal Congressmen, and State Representatives and Senators that serve your district. The web site also provides links to information about all of the government officials that serve you at the State and Federal level.
By: Georgia Secretary of State
  
   
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